The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-03-05
FABRICS FOR SPRING.
Wooden and Cotton Goods and Patterns
and Colors Tha VIII BE Popular.

Wooden and Cotton Goods ana Patterns
and Colors That VIII BE Popular.
The wooden goods imported for spring
suits, to be worn as 500 as winter
wrappings are laid aside, are cameFs
hairs, tatfeta cloths. cheviots. chuddah
cloths. which initiate the chuddah CEN
ter of Valley Cashmere shawls. and
..ladies' cloths These goods are soft
and pliable, but finely twisted in the
weaving, so that they will not shrink
or draw out of shape with wear.
The spring styles in dress are ex'
tremely close at the sides and bouffant
at the back: the tournure becoming
more pronounced than ever, though re-
naming high and narrow. The styles
for spring seem to necessitate the use
Of soft, yet strong cloths. which will
lend themselves to graceful draperics
and the strain of the smooth, closc-tit'
ting portions of the dress. Silk under
skirts, which We're formerly con
sidered u luxury, become a ne
ccssitv with the close fronts
and sides of spring dresses.
This silk lining. no particle of which
must be seen. AS it is merely a support
for the wool skirt. gives a spring and
grace to the carriage. and is thus en-
tircly different in effect from the wool
skirt over a cotton lining, which clings
to the wearer, impeding the move
ments and rendering walking ungain-
ly and awkward.
The first goods imported for French
costumes are in combination style.
while English tailor frocks are still
made in solid suits and are less subject
to change than the more ornate French
dresses. Large, bold plaids are shown
Tor the underskirts of these dresses.
while the remainder of the costume is
of plain goods matching the ground
work of the plaid, which is used again
at the collar and cuff and sometimes
for a long cutaway coat, finished with
a revers collar and tiny cuffs
of dark velvet. While the new
plaids repeat the same constructed
lines which have been used since plaids
Were known, the ditfe. ent tones of the
new spring colors are 50 combined that
the effect is strikinglv different from
any plaid we have hal before. Drabs
of various tones enter into the coloring
of many of the new goods. Primrose
drab is Il yellow fawn color. only a lit.
tie duller in tint than canary. There
are blue-green drabs called pigeon.
egg reseda drabs with yellow-green
tints, and all shades of natural color
from the ye!low-brown shades of beige
to the ecru tints of unbleached cotton
and the gray .fcelle tints of flax. Pur.
pies. which appear in many tones of
color under the general name of hello
are shown in delicate lavender
colors. and in bluish-violet shades as
well as the red purple which we already
know as heliotrope. These heliotrope
are combined with drabs, es-
p~ecialiy with the yellow drabs, with
charming effect. This combination is
now seen in the French s~atines. and
other bright cottons, but the comb.
nation is toned down on the wool goods
so that a bright, rich plaid is produced
not too ''pronounced' for street wear.
harmonies in color are
formed by combinations of primrose
and golden brown in several tones,
The gray tint of blue-green called
'pigeon-egg' is plaided with several
darker shades of the same color in
other woolens. A beautiful color
called by importers "old rose' is
shown among ''dressy' woolens which
will be used for watering-place toilets.
There are bold stripes in the same
of the plaids, which may be
used with plain goods. Striking
bizarre effects are avoided in the new
combinations. A single tint much
than has been worn in previous
forms the basis of the costume;
plaided or striped skirt repeats the
color in darker shade, while the high
collar and cuffs of velvet are of the
same color in its darkest tone.
The most elegant fabrics in wool are
plaided or brocaded with velvet in a
of designs.-N. Y. Tribune.
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